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After many months of mistakes and banging my head against the wall, I came up with a few principles related to creating fictional worlds. I’ve never written them down before and they’re by no means perfect, but they may help you craft your own world or at least generate some thoughts on how you would approach it.
𝐷𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘 opens with a woman being kidnapped during the night. “Thunder sounded, but there wasn’t a storm, and no rain fell on the tin roof. The old woman squinted into the dark room and heard shuffling—like mice—across the pine floor.”
In the brutal bone-freezing cold of the Arctic Circle on a remote island off Greenland, a young girl has thawed from the ice, and she is alive. A miracle? Yes, but no one can understand what she is trying to say, and she acts scared of everyone. Val, a trained linguist, is one of the few who understand the dead Nordic languages. So she is contacted by the researchers already there to come and work with this girl.
In my review of𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭, 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘦 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘓𝘰𝘸, I said, “Until I’m able to read the sequel to this unputdownable book, I will keep wondering what is going to happen when the story continues.” I was so excited when I finally held 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭: 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 in my hands. It was read over the next couple of days. The wondering was finally over; this thrilling story proved to be an extremely satisfying sequel.
Writing fantasy is very different than writing science fiction. After a lot of pondering, I managed to come up with some simple rules that make a lot of sense and help one to avoid the overuse (or underuse) of capitalization.
Jamie Quinn, the family attorney that always runs into mysteries, is no longer going to be practicing law. She has landed her dream job at an art foundation, but this dream job will require up to six months of learning and a new wardrobe of evening gowns. But her new art career is in danger of being over just as it begins when she is arrested for stealing valuable artwork that she didn’t take. Little does she know that the stolen artwork will have her involved with the FBI, the Russians, and art thieves. Jamie just can’t stay out of trouble.
In this paranormal thriller, the connection between twins Matt and Jake is so strong that it continues even after Jake’s death. If Matt is unable to sever this connection, it will drag him straight to hell to join his brother.
Libraries are important to any town, city, or village. One sleepy English village demonstrates just how important the library is to them. It’s no wonder that village drama erupts when their library is threatened with closure.
What crazy things has your cat done?
In this thriller full of action and romance, Josh Kavanagh retires from the military after twenty-four years of being in the Special Forces. He still wants to keep fighting for his country, so he starts The Oath Group to fight terrorists.
In this novel that draws strongly from𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸, Christina Henry has created a haunting sequel that digs deeper into the tale of the Ichabod Crane, Brom and Kristina, and the Horseman.
How long have scarecrows been around, and what country first used them? Nowadays scarecrows can be found in books, movies, and fall decorations. Which books portray them as something to be feared? Which books do not? And what causes people to suffer from formidophobia, the fear of scarecrows?
How is marijuana both legal and illegal at the same time? When can you be charged for murder without actually killing anyone? How can someone legally steal your property? Learn these things and so much more in this book that teaches you stuff you didn’t know about the law but really should.
If an offer appears to be too good to be true, you might not want to accept it.
I squeezed his hand and he squeezed back. My shoulders released a half of an inch as we continued down the hall. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠. He raked over me with his intense gaze, sending goosebumps to my arms. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑.
Bea Walker’s life was turned upside down once she discovered she was a Blood-Light (part human, part Ferroean). Her mom called it a gift. The government considers her a weapon. But Bea never had a choice. Her life hasn’t been the same since.
A couch potato is someone who spends a great deal of time watching television, but what is a mouse potato? What is the dagger used to deliver the death blow to a severely wounded person called? The earliest documented use of thinko was in the 1990s. What does this word mean?
Always being attracted to spooky things, even as a child, is what led me to write horror. My first book was a Christian fantasy with horror elements.
magine you’re a successful writer. Then you get something that all writers dread: writer’s block. But you’ll work through it, right? While dealing with writer’s block, something happens that makes you begin to drink more heavily and even consider suicide. The skeleton man appears.
Sparrow is a stranger in his own home, but it is to this neighborhood he returns in 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦. He has been summoned for the reading of his father’s will. Doesn’t sound very exciting, does it? If his trip there is any indication of the way things will go while he’s in his old stomping ground, it won’t be a restful visit. Orcs ambush the stagecoach he is traveling on.
Something strange is going on in the small town of St. Mary’s. Their children are disappearing, and the FBI are called in to investigate. The investigating agent discovers something way more sinister than kidnapped children. Human trafficking? The slave trade? Yes, children being kidnapped is bad, but that is only the tip of the iceberg of what is happening in St. Mary’s.
This thought-provoking literary fiction book follows the lives of a dysfunctional Italian family—especially Donna Greco and her brother Vincent—from 1970 to 2012. The book leaves you with this question: When I look back over my life, what pictures will I see?
Cats spend most of their day asleep. It’s one of the things they are so good at. They use much of their time sleeping to restore their energy before the next hunt even if it’s chasing the laser, rubber ball, or catnip toy for our domesticated friends.
